Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Alexander Zverev: the German to Continue Winning Confidently

In the last 16 of the Miami tennis tournament, Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, #97 in the world rankings, will face German Alexander Zverev. They played each other twice, first on the grass of the Boodles Challenge, Alexander won. Then on the hard of the Hopman Cup, Kokkinakis took revenge in three sets.

At the beginning of March, Thanasi played two matches for the Australian national team and brought his team one point in a match against Piros of Hungary. However, Thanasi lost to Fucsovics in three sets. Three days after beating Piros, Kokkinakis was already playing on the Indian Wells courts. The Australian knocked Fabbiano and Pospisil out but fell to American Korda after the first round. He had already played five matches, two in qualification and three in the draw, a result that is already a real success for Thanasi. So the Aussie outplayed Fabbiano (for the second time in two weeks) and Seppi. In the main draw Kokkinakis defeated Gasquet in two sets, Schwarzman and Kudla in three games. The match against Kudla lasted almost three hours, the guys played two tie-breaks and the Australian won both. Thanasi is in the best form in recent times, but it is not sure that it would be enough to fight to Zverev.

Betting on Alexander in Miami is quite an option so far, two matches - two bets worked out. Against Coric the match turned out to be protracted. But MacDonald, a convenient opponent for the German, could not do anything with the world top player. The last 32 match lasted only an hour and 14 minutes, and Mackenzie took four games in two sets. Overall, Alexander had a great match statistically. On his serve Alexander had 73% winning points on his first and 69% on his second. On the receiving end he had 40% on his first serve and 59% on his second. Zverev served 10 doubles and one double fault.

Despite the fact that both matches between Kokkinakis and Zverev ended in three sets, we believe that the upcoming game will not be a prolonged one. First of all, the result of Alexander's previous match against McDonald's gives us that idea. The German played a high-quality game and deservedly beat the American, gaining confidence. For his part, getting into the last-eight round of the Florida Masters is already a great success for the Aussie. His last two matches in Miami were very tight matches, lasting three hours each, which also damages the odds on the world's #97. We believe the German's skills and level will play an important part and the match will not be lengthy. 

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